The Somerset reporter., 1887-06-22

l. \. Noble is still at Elm St studio,
the place to obtain irstelass photographs.
Drone's Honey Sophie MAYS new and
best book just received by BiXby Buck.
J d. Raw'es & Co, are selling tug
Finish the best anti potato bug In The
world
Mr. and Mrs. b. NJ. Titcomb Of Farm
ngton are in town this week on visit to
a. X. BiNby and family.
John F. Chidbourne Of East Madison.
Is making a trip OF several week, in
Massachusetts, and New York.
The c G. c {. made an excursion to
lIaldcn Lake, Saturday afternoon last.
and INDUCED in picnic supper.
J. W. Corson of New Portland, wa. in
town yesterday. lie expects to open a
law Office in this village at an early day.
The State Band Tournament will be
held in Portland this fall Cur band
have received an invitation to patiIei-
pate.
The proposed Fourh Of July celebrl-
ton in this village has evidently "na~hed
in the pan" We don't hear lisp 81 il
now.
Rev. Alexander Wiswcll, Of Norway
Me, has been engaged to supply lhc
Congregational pulpit during Nr. lack
lifts absence
Mrs. e. d. B. Pepper of Watervllle,
who has been visiting friends in This vii
age for few days, returned to her home
this morning
L. B. Curtis has just reed Il line Of
Childrcn's Corsets They are ON the
principle of the comfort corset, which
have come into so much favor of late
Rev. j. H. Little, VIM. Tucker and
wife, and Miss Minnie p ruttle are in 1t
tendance on the Unversalist State 5. 5
convention being held in Calais this week
Mrs E. NJ. W. Smith of Boston was in
town for a brief time the past week.
Wis. NIlliill IL SlhlIlliS NbillN hAthN W tiii
her mother Madame " are, at WatcrNile.
and later will visit Athens, the guest Of
\. c. Wade and family and Edward Ware
and family.
The prospect is good indeed almost a
certainty, that c. d. Brown of Porlland
will establish mandatory of wood pulp
specialties in the Paper Mill building on
the South side. If he does this, he will
require a large number of hands to carry
the business ON.
The REPORTER don't claim to be Il
judge of any sort of n picture whether
photograph or otherwise, but the photo
graph taken of Russell Post q. A. r.,
Memorial Day, is the best group picture
we have seen without exception. Com
radc Hawkes. did the work
Capt. W. H. Cabot, formerly of this
town, was among the arrivals Monday
afternoon. lie was made the recipient of
gold watch with the following inScrip-
ton which tells the story: presented
to Commodore W. II. Cabot by his Bos-
ton friends, June 10, lss7.'
Stanley T. Plummcr Esq, of Bangor,
for some years connected with the p. o.
Department at Washington as superinten-
dent of mail service in New England,
made Skowhcgau a brief call Tuesday
Ia, h. la,
expressed himself as highly pleased with
our village.
The Rev. Mr.. IIarwood asked the con
grcgaton assembled in the Baptist
Church last Sunday, TO express lheir he
lief in Christ and his doctrine og The
bleSsctnc>s of giving, in a gift to the
Pennington Baptist Church of one hum
drcd dollars, 50 that their new building
might be dedicated free of debt. The
congregation responded chcerfully and
the hundred dollars have already left for
Pennington.
The County Commissioners were in
session at the Court House when we
went to press last week, considering tac
petition for the disseminating Of the Reed
road, so called, in Madison. S j. Wal
ton conducted the case for the petitioners
and +. y. Merrill Esq, for the rcmon-
strants. The hearing continued all day
ami an evening session was held, but the
Commissioners did not reach a decision,
or at least have not yet made it public
Mr.. H. y. Smith, whose shop back
out upon the water on Mill street. was
looking out of the rear window early af-
ter dinner on Saturday, and in somc"ay
his pockct-book, containing over $50 90,
slipped from his inside vest pocket into
the river. After a rigid search on aud
about the shores, as far rs the Great Ed
DIV, he was rewarded in finding two bills
in different places, n ten and twenty re
spectively that had become lodged on
the rocks in their course,
We inadvertently ommittcd last week
to say anything about the second meeting
Vi INC NhoN HtSdl l'luIuS Nlhp llNHi ~
Hotel IIeselton the sth inst. The Club
had very enjoyable time despite the fact
that every man that was booked to make
an after-suppcr speech, slopcd, even to
the Club orator himself. A proposition
is made to hold the July or August meet
ing at Mouse Island. This is worthy of
consideration if fares can be made low
enough.
Alexander IIews, Henry Barnard, Reu-
ben French and Elmorc Burns were at
work, Smuggling on the roof of a barn
belonging to David Rowel in East Madi-
son, Saturday last, when in their work
they got near toge her ON the stage,
it gave away and they all fell down to-
gcthcr in one heap - feet to the ground.
Hews broke three ribs, Barnard wa, hurt
internally and Burns dislocattd his shlul-
der. French was not severely hurt 1t
is a wonder that they got of rs they well
as they did
The exhibition of educated horses by
Prof, Bristol drew not only very large
nudipncp MONDAY uipu but one com